Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1887-12-15

posed to il. and is now his candidate for
/ President OF the United States. ask
him to tell this House who it was that his
party supported last week for the speak
ership Of the House Of Representatives
but Reed OF Maine, another bitter OPP
ponent Of this measure. / ask him why
| he did not make the statement that
/ United States Senator Riddleberger
made to the countFy that the central
| figure of the Republican party of Vir-
pinia. William Malone, was opposed to
the Blair bill, and that when the vote was
taken upon it he was skulkiug in one OF
the cloak-rooms OF the Senate. This
charge has been made by Senator Rid
die5ergcr and has never been denied by
General Malone, although MIR Riddle
berger dared him to do it. The Demo
cratic party of Virginia is in favor of the
Blair bill. II has been consistent
throughout in its advocacy OF this i'm
poItant measure. and the gentleman
from Henrico cannot rise upon this floor
and try to make the contrary appear
without being met by a fiat denial from
me and my associates.
NI. ELAN On KlDDLEBEf0ER.
Mr.. Elam (Republican), OF Louisn, re-
piled to Mr. Ecbols, expressing profound
astonishment that any one should rise
upon this floor and make statement In
timating that General Malone was ever
unfrieDdly to the Blair bill. Malone
reported it from committee; the
| wing, which was constantly accused OF
being Mahone's personal organ, advo-
Gated the bill from the start vas the
first paper in Virginia to publish it in
full and tbe frs. in Virginia to commend
it editor;ally, and the Republican
campaigns of 1891 and 1885 were largely
made in the State on this issue, the
Democrats everywhere apoloRizIug that
they would have passed the bill but for
certain House rules. 1t made 10 differ
ence to MIR. Elan what Mr.. kiddleberger
said about Malone on this question
what the Senator said on this subject or
any other was Of no consequence here or
anywhere else, for the official record OF
the Senate shows that General Malone
voted for the very bill Mr.. Riddleberger
says that Malone was opposed to.
Mr. Ecbols inquired OF Mr.. Elan If
General Malone had ever denied the ex-
press charge made by Senator kiddle-
berger that General Malone had lodged
the first vote.
Mr. clam replied substantially that
that charge may have been made, but If
/ SO it was OF no consequence.
BY quotations from the two national
/ platforms Mr.. Elan endeavored to estab-
| lish that the Blair bill 'cds party mea-
sure that 20 such legislation the Repub-
licans were committed while all the OPP
position OF consequence with which the
| Blair bill met came from the Democrats.
! Mr.. Elan then went on to explain that
it wGs not true that Mr. Sherman was an
enemy to this bill, and he went on to ex-
/ plain the positions of several other Re-
| publican senators who were accused of
| being unfriendly TO the measure. Con-
cluding he said that, framed as it came
from the Senate, the resolution was
empty wind and meant nothing.
MALONE AND THE DEPENDENT PENSION
BILL.
Mr.. Dabnev said he knew nothing OF
/ the issue between Messrs. Riddleberger
and Malone as to the votes of the latter
on the Blair bill. But some gentlemen
on the other side have referred TO that
measure as a Republican party measure,
and to General Malone as the head of
the Republican party in Virginia. 1t
was not improper TO point out, he
| thought, one vote of General Malone in
| the Senate in favor OF a measure whose
enactment into law would have made the
| Blair bill or any other measure TO APP
propriatc money from the Federal Trea-
sury to educational purposes impossible.
/ tie alluded TO the dependent pension
/ bill, which would have taken from the
Treasury annually about 10000, 600, or
at the rate of something like Sl.25 per
head from every man, woman, and child
in the United States This would not
only have at once wiped out the surplus
which the Blair bill proposed TO devote
to educational purposes, but would In all
probability have necessitated an increase
of Federal taxation. Besides the whole
of this additional revenue. raised alike
from the North and South, would have
been paid out in the North alone, and
Malone voted for this bill.
AMENDMENT REJECTED.
The vote on Mr. Waddills S amendment
was as follows:
AYgs-Messrs. Ash, Baskerville, Brstow
Goodman Brown, John A. Brown, COrDett. CrHft
paingerfcld, Elan, jarrett, Jones, MartiO, Nc
Candlish, McChuu 3, Montague, W. l.. Moore,
Pcdigo. Perkins, Phillips, Porter Quisenberry,
Rincr, Roane. Robinson, sanger, scott, SPENCER
1insicy, Treat. Wa !G,ll. Wcb". aud YOung-32.
NOEs.-Gle5ers. Aien-worth. d. ". Anderson,
W. 4. Anderson. Arnold, Baldwl1. Barbour
Buford. Garter, Catlctt. Coleman, Counts, Craw-
fort. Crismond, Curus, Dabnoy. Dupuy, Echols,
Gordon. Gravcs. J. 5. Harris, lay, Hobson,
Huffman, HuLtor. johnson, kincheloe, LeggetL
Loving, fagrudcr. Mckee, A. Moore, Jr., !. 4.
Moore, Mouoo, Musieiu. Oyeroy Pitcher, I. l..
Roberts j. Rober's, Ryan, Saunders. >ebrell,
Silver Simpson, >tarke. Ierr'il, +. g. Tyler,
r. II. Tyler Watkins, West. WilAiur, Wiliians,